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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2200 ships loaded in a random order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today.
Category Archives: passenger ship
No.2033 Vista floated out 25 Feb 2022
67,000GT for Oceania Cruises from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO 9876957 Image attribution: Paul Piccione; Mak, Leonardo Diaz & Patrick Piva on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Oceania, Sestri Ponente, Vistaa
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No.1075 Silesia launched in 1978
10,553 Baltic Shipping Co by Stocznia Szczecinska, Stettin Felicia 2005 GA Ferries Yuzhnaya Palmyra 2006 Ukrferry Begona del Mar 2008 Iscomar Yuzhnaya Palmyra 2009 Ukrferry Adriatica I 2010 South Adriatic Shipping Galaxy 2017 European Seaways Image copyright: Marius Esman and … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Adriatica, baltic Shipping, Begona del Mar, European Seaways, Felicia, GA Ferries, Galaxy, IMO: 7516773, Iscomar, Silesia, Stettin, Stocznia Szczecinska, Yuzhnaya Palmyra
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No.576 Derbyshire launched in 1935
11,650grt for Bibby Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Hong Kong 1964 2 pre-war photos, Derbyshire on the Clyde, leaving for N Africa 1942 photo Malcolm Cranfield, and post war
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Bibby Line, Derbyshire, Fairfield, Glasgow, Hong Kong
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No.575 Gneisenau launched in 1935
18,160grt for North German Lloyd by Deschimag AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Mined Gedser 1943 Old postcard Gneisenau in Bremen from Frank Scherer Rich Turnwald’s photo
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bremen, Deschimag, gedser, Gneisenau, Mined, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Weser
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No.75 Finland launched in 1902
12,760grt for Red Star Line by Cramp, Philadelphia Scrapped Blyth 1928
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Cramp, Finland, Philadelphia, red Star Line
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No.473 Europa launched in 1928
51,839grt for North German Lloyd from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Liberté 1946 CGT French Line Scrapped in La Spezia 1962 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color USS Europa Dec 1946 the Liberte broke free from her moorings and hit the wreck … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT, Europa, French Line, La Spezia, Liberte, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd
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No.973 Sea Venture launched in 1970
19,903grt for Norwegian Cruiseships A/S from Nordseewerke, Emden Pacific Princess 1975 P&O Line Pacific 2002 Pullmantur Cruises Acif 2013 Breakers IMO:7018563 Scrapped Aliaga 2013 Image attribution: HJ Reinecke, Mike Cornwall, Wayne A’Court & Rainer Buch
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Acif, Aliaga, Emden, IMO:7018563, Nordseewerke, Norwegian Cruise, P&O, Pacific, Pacific Princess, Pullmantur, Sea Venture
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No.1473 Taurus launched in 1998
11,350GT for Tirrenia from Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso Scrapped Turkey 2011 IMO:9144287 Image attribution: Michael Koefoed-Hansen & Gianpaolo Pesarini
Posted in ferry, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, IMO:9144287, Riva Trigoso, Taurus, Tirrrenia
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No.1973 Cote D’Opale launched 20 May 2020
40,331GT for DFDS from AVIC Weihai Shipyard, China IMO: 9858321 Image attribution: Maritime Photographic https://www.maritimephotographic.co.uk
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged AVIC Weihai, China, Cote D'Opale, DFDS, IMO: 9858321
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No.1574 Carnival Legend floated out 2001
85,942GT for Carnival Cruise Lines by Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki IMO: 9224726 Images 2-4 from Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Legend, Helsinki, IMO: 9224726, Kvaerner Masa
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